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A new study from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), with collaborators from Johns Hopkins University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, found that infections caused by one of the most common drug...

Rennert-May, et al. (2018) sought to provide a comprehensive overview of the different types of economic evaluations that can be utilized by infection preventionists with a particular focus on the use of the quality adjusted life year, and...

Nosocomial infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become a major problem during the last years. The purpose of this study by Puchter, et al. (2018) was to investigate the economic burden of nosocomial VRE infections in...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are reported to increase patient mortality and incur longer hospital stays. Most studies to date have focused on specific groups of hospitalized patients with a rather short follow-up period. In this...

Patients are often unaware that choosing the right hospital is very important to having a good outcome. A novel study published today in the journal JAMA Surgery showed that patients undergoing surgery at Magnet hospitals recognized for nursing...